Polyglot Dictionary

langostino

/laŋɡosˈtino/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
langostinos

Meaning

  1. prawn

    • Comimos langostinos.

      We ate prawns.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gamba

gamba is the standard, smaller prawn or shrimp; langostino is bigger, a langoustine or jumbo prawn.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

camarão

camarão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "prawn."

Practice

1 What does langostino mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comimos ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches langostino?

noun

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